Man who confessed to murdering Sask. woman loses appeal
A man sentenced to life in prison for the 2011 murder of his ex-girlfriend has lost his appeal.
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A man sentenced to life in prison for the 2011 murder of his ex-girlfriend has lost his appeal.
The appeal court ruled the trial judge misapplied the reliability test when comparing the testimony of the driver with a collision expert.
The Sask. Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeals of three men found guilty in the beating death of Shawn Douglas in 2014.
Nelson was convicted of mischief under $5,000, and painting over the prison cameras for the purpose of obstructing the cameras from recording what was about to happen. He was acquitted on the charge of taking part in a riot while wearing a mask or other disguise to conceal his identity. This is the charge that Crown prosecutor Dean Sinclair appealed. The appeal was heard in January 2021 before Justices Ralph Ottenbreit, Robert Leurer and Jeffery Kalmakoff. A written decision March 11, 2021, by Justice Leurer said he agreed with the Crown’s argument that the trial judge failed to consider...